After 25 Years, It's Time to Say Goodbye...

It's fun to come home and see changes in the house.  I have hired a painter to do the painting, so when I go to work, I'm eager to get back and see the changes!!!  This last return brought two HUGE surprises with it!  The living room is no longer yellow, and the kitchen is now a brilliant blue!

This is when house-flipping becomes fun.

Well, one of the problems my painter was having was with seeing what he was painting in the kitchen!  He said that he had no light.  And that was true...I knew that the light fixture didn't work!  But I hadn't fixed it yet!  So I told him today that I would get it fixed immediately for him.

I opened up the fixture and found two curved fluorescent tubes.  I took one with me to Menard's and priced it out:  $9.97 for one.  So $20 for two.  Hmm.  I wasn't a huge fan of the fixture anyway, as it literally screamed "1991."  These fixtures were so popular in these homes in the kitchen and basements.  Every once in awhile, you will see a long rectangular one with the wooden cross-frames in friend's houses.  Ew!  I had toyed with the idea of just spray-painting the gold trim to give it a more-modern look, but then I realized:  This look is still not modern!

Look at that 1991 gold!!!

This fixture was a behemoth!

Well, after much (and little) thought, I decided to update the fixture to 2016.  I could pay $20 to keep an old and out-dated fixture, or I could spend $34.97 and spruce up the entire look of the kitchen.  For $15, it was a no-brainer.

What is YOUR mind drawn to?!

The light is so big it's almost a focal point!

I picked up an Arabella-styled light from Menard's and went to install it.  Of course, after removing the behemoth, I had to chuckle again at the ceiling.  I don't know how in the world I ever thought this house had white ceilings, but if I ever had any doubt as to whether or not every room in the house needed its ceilings painted, this solidified the decision.  Look at that gross square!!!

Look at that gross old "white" ceiling!

And I'm telling you, this old fixture was HUGE!!!  I never did care for it.

After a little help from Dad to hold the new light up, I had a very modernized kitchen!  The painter said he will paint that section of the ceiling when he goes to paint the upstairs ceilings.  Perfect.

Modern look!

The kitchen gets a facelift!

Now...the only problem with updating a fixture is that your eyes start to see OTHER fixtures.  And in the background of this beautiful fixture is a very out-dated golden fan with drooping blades.  Guess what is next to go!!!  :)

Sorry, Fan, I'm not a fan.  You are next!